Franz
#5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,864since 1889
Franz over time
Rank among boys' names. Franz has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 17 |
| 2023 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #4,776 | 20 |
| 2015 | #5,746 | 15 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #3,864 | 26 |
| 2012 | #5,035 | 18 |
| 2011 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #4,129 | 21 |
| 2003 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #3,064 | 24 |
| 1996 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1994 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #2,683 | 25 |
| 1990 | #2,373 | 29 |
| 1989 | #2,245 | 30 |
| 1988 | #2,255 | 27 |
| 1987 | #1,760 | 37 |
| 1986 | #1,694 | 37 |
| 1985 | #2,116 | 26 |
| 1984 | #1,531 | 40 |
| 1983 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #1,496 | 41 |
| 1979 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #2,068 | 23 |
| 1977 | #1,743 | 30 |
| 1976 | #1,608 | 33 |
| 1975 | #1,378 | 40 |
| 1974 | #1,790 | 26 |
| 1973 | #1,736 | 26 |
| 1972 | #1,307 | 41 |
| 1971 | #1,330 | 40 |
| 1970 | #1,222 | 46 |
| 1969 | #1,302 | 37 |
| 1968 | #1,131 | 44 |
| 1967 | #1,312 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,131 | 43 |
| 1965 | #996 | 55 |
| 1964 | #1,147 | 45 |
| 1963 | #971 | 60 |
| 1962 | #1,108 | 48 |
| 1961 | #1,262 | 39 |
| 1960 | #1,210 | 42 |
| 1959 | #1,360 | 33 |
| 1958 | #1,265 | 37 |
| 1957 | #1,165 | 44 |
| 1956 | #1,418 | 30 |
| 1955 | #1,273 | 35 |
| 1954 | #1,333 | 32 |
| 1953 | #1,280 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1951 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1950 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1949 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,327 | 28 |
| 1945 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,370 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #1,193 | 34 |
| 1941 | #1,276 | 27 |
| 1940 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1939 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #1,364 | 24 |
| 1937 | #1,233 | 29 |
| 1936 | #1,182 | 31 |
| 1935 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,658 | 18 |
| 1933 | #1,456 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #1,793 | 18 |
| 1928 | #1,611 | 22 |
| 1927 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #1,120 | 34 |
| 1915 | #1,505 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,260 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | |
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| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
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| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
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| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Franz! It came in at #789, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1892, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Franz is popular in 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#641 · 1 in 12,491
- Illinois#655 · 1 in 16,463
- New York#922 · 1 in 32,695
Best ever in a state: #356 in Minnesota, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #641 | 14 | 1 in 12,491 |
| Illinois | #655 | 6 | 1 in 16,463 |
| New York | #922 | 5 | 1 in 32,695 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Franz
- 44 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #5,399)
- 581 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #5,399)
- 347 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #5,399)
- Biggest jump: 151 spots in 1965 (#1,147 → #996)
- Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1895 (#857 → #1,079)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1889 at #789 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1893–1894
- Highest: 1 in 15,797 boys born in 1889 were named Franz (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.6% of all boys named Franz (446) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #789 (1889) | #789 |
| 1890s | 18 | #857 (1894) | #948 |
| 1900s | 17 | #1,111 (1906) | #1,175 |
| 1910s | 159 | #1,120 (1916) | #1,681 |
| 1920s | 151 | #1,611 (1928) | #2,235 |
| 1930s | 229 | #1,182 (1936) | #1,462 |
| 1940s | 243 | #1,193 (1942) | #1,447 |
| 1950s | 321 | #1,165 (1957) | #1,355 |
| 1960s | 446 | #971 (1963) | #1,157 |
| 1970s | 328 | #1,222 (1970) | #1,634 |
| 1980s | 299 | #1,496 (1980) | #2,035 |
| 1990s | 235 | #2,373 (1990) | #3,058 |
| 2000s | 179 | #3,617 (2001) | #4,836 |
| 2010s | 148 | #3,864 (2013) | #6,150 |
| 2020s | 84 | #5,399 (2025) | #6,234 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Franz in 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 33,821 of them was named Franz, which outranked 77.5% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).